Help for heroes? Evaluating a case management programme for ex-service personnel in the United Kingdom.
(2015)
Journal Article
Warren, J., Garthwaite, K., & Bambra, C. (2015). Help for heroes? Evaluating a case management programme for ex-service personnel in the United Kingdom. Perspectives in Public Health, 135(1), 37-42. https://doi.org/10.1177/1757913914555747
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Desperately seeking reductions in health inequalities: perspectives of UK researchers on past, present and future directions in health inequalities research (2015)
Journal Article
Garthwaite, K., Smith, K., Bambra, C., & Pearce, J. (2016). Desperately seeking reductions in health inequalities: perspectives of UK researchers on past, present and future directions in health inequalities research. Sociology of Health & Illness, 38(3), 459-478. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.12374Following government commitments to reducing health inequalities from 1997 onwards, the UK has been recognised as a global leader in health inequalities research and policy. Yet health inequalities have continued to widen by most measures, prompting... Read More about Desperately seeking reductions in health inequalities: perspectives of UK researchers on past, present and future directions in health inequalities research.
Austerity, Welfare Reform and the English Health Divide (2015)
Journal Article
Bambra, C., & Garthwaite, K. (2015). Austerity, Welfare Reform and the English Health Divide. Area, 47(3), 341-343. https://doi.org/10.1111/area.12191In this commentary we argue that spatial inequalities in health will increase in England as a result of the entwined policies of austerity and welfare reform. We describe the health divide and outline the actual and potential effects of austerity and... Read More about Austerity, Welfare Reform and the English Health Divide.
Go slow: an umbrella review of the effects of 20mph zones and limits on health and health inequalities (2015)
Journal Article
Cairns, J., Warren, J., Garthwaite, K., Greig, G., & Bambra, C. (2015). Go slow: an umbrella review of the effects of 20mph zones and limits on health and health inequalities. Journal of Public Health, 37(3), 515-520. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdu067Background Transport is an important determinant of health and there is a well-established association between socio-economic status (SES) and risk of road accidents. Effective traffic calming interventions such as 20 mph zones and limits may therefo... Read More about Go slow: an umbrella review of the effects of 20mph zones and limits on health and health inequalities.
Whose side are we on and for whom do we write? Notes on issues and challenges facing those researching and evaluating public policy (2015)
Journal Article
Warren, J., & Garthwaite, K. (2015). Whose side are we on and for whom do we write? Notes on issues and challenges facing those researching and evaluating public policy. Evidence and Policy, 11(2), 225-237. https://doi.org/10.1332/174426415x14314311257040
Food for thought: an ethnographic study of negotiating ill health and food insecurity in a UK foodbank (2015)
Journal Article
Garthwaite, K., Collins, P., & Bambra, C. (2015). Food for thought: an ethnographic study of negotiating ill health and food insecurity in a UK foodbank. Social Science & Medicine, 132, 38-44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.03.019Emergency foodbanks have become an increasingly prominent and controversial feature of austerity in Europe and the USA. In the UK, foodbanks have been called a ‘public health emergency’. Despite this, there has been no UK research examining the healt... Read More about Food for thought: an ethnographic study of negotiating ill health and food insecurity in a UK foodbank.
‘Keeping meself to meself’ – How Social Networks Can Influence Narratives of Stigma and Identity for Long-term Sickness Benefits Recipients (2015)
Journal Article
Garthwaite, K. (2015). ‘Keeping meself to meself’ – How Social Networks Can Influence Narratives of Stigma and Identity for Long-term Sickness Benefits Recipients. Social Policy and Administration, 49(2), 199-212. https://doi.org/10.1111/spol.12119This article focuses upon social networks and their relationship to stigma and identity for long-term sickness benefits recipients in the North East of England. Drawing on empirical qualitative research with long-term sickness benefits recipients, th... Read More about ‘Keeping meself to meself’ – How Social Networks Can Influence Narratives of Stigma and Identity for Long-term Sickness Benefits Recipients.
Becoming incapacitated? Long-term sickness benefit recipients and the construction of stigma and identity narratives (2015)
Journal Article
Garthwaite, K. (2015). Becoming incapacitated? Long-term sickness benefit recipients and the construction of stigma and identity narratives. Sociology of Health & Illness, 37(1), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.12168The transition to becoming ‘incapacitated’ and receiving sickness benefits represents a significant shift in an individual's narrative. Drawing on in-depth interviews with 25 long-term sickness benefits recipients in North-East England, this article... Read More about Becoming incapacitated? Long-term sickness benefit recipients and the construction of stigma and identity narratives.